The art world was very small and the people got together at parties. There was less commercialism.
Claes OldenburgActually, New York is great for playing around. I made a lot of studies for New York-a big vacuum cleaner lying on the Battery in Manhattan.
Claes OldenburgAndy [Warhol] was on the scene, but he wasn't an artist at first; he was more an illustrator. He was always surrounded by about ten people who worshipped him. He'd go to a party and they would all come along. But he was drawing shoes and that sort of thing.
Claes OldenburgI always knew America was all about guns. You go to the movies as a kid, everybody's got a gun.
Claes Oldenburg